Stock-feeder.



o. `A. WRIGHT.

STOOK FEEDER.

APPLIUATION FILED HAE. 6, 1908.

Patented may 4, 1909.

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im y eraan-vs, ernaar onirica cANBY A. waiennor RosENiDALE, Missounr, Assis-Non To wnien'rs srocx FEEDER co.,

' INo., or. Vianini, iLLiNoijs.

STOCK-FEEDER.

Be it known that l, CANBY A. WniGHT, a i citizen of the yUni-ted States, residing at l Rosendale, in the county of Andrew and State of Mssourh have invented a new and useful Stock-Feeder, of which the .following is a specification.

T his invention relates to stock feeders, and more especially to those adapted to feed a number of head of stock at one andthe same time, and yet keep the feed for each animal separate.

One object of the invention is to simplify and improve a structure of this character and produce an easily operated device which may e ada ted to various sizes of animals.

Anot er object of my invention is to rovide a feeder in which the animals wil be lept from seeing each other in the act of eatmg.

The invention consists in general of a trough provided with a hopper and chute leading thereto, and a number of stalls peculiarly arranged in reference to said chute and trough. v

The invention further consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangehopper,

ment of parts, hereinafter fully described,"

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the trough embodying my invention, and 2 is avertical transverse sectional view therethrough.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several gures of the drawings.

The numeral l() indicates a troughv meinber preferably arranged with an. outwardly slanting extension to the sides, as shown at 11. Above this trough is carried a hopper 12 extending longitudinally ofthe trough, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Division plates or partitions 13 are attached to the hop er 12, extending laterally from each side tiereof, making a stall for each animal, and these par-` titions are preferably rabbeted into the hopper and chute and braced, asindicated at 14. The bottom of these partitionsis' shaped to conform to the inside of the trough', as shown clearly at' 15, and that portion of said partitions lying adjacent Vthe centerA of the chute is cut away, as indicated at 16, to form a passage longitudinally of the trough. Below the mouth of the chute extends a bar`17 ,this v Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Application led March 6, 1908. Serial No. 419,593.

Patented May 4, 190e.

bar running the entire length of the trough.

yT he bar 17 isprov'ided with aT-head having kanti-olinal surfaces, as shown at 18.

The adjustment for this bar is shown plainly in Fig. 2, and comprises a rod 22 loosely connected to said bar, .as at 23, the rod 22 being threaded at the upper end and provided with athumb screw or the like 24.. Braces 25 extend across the ho per and through these braces passes the rod 22, the thumb screw 24 being von the upper side thereof to sup ort the bar 17 at any desired height. The 1o per is normally closed by a hinged top in icated by thenumeral 26. 0n one edge of the trough there are provided hinges 27 to which are secured the ho per, chute and artitions, so as to permit t e same to be fo ded back, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and thusl allow the trough to be thoroughly cleaned. f

Latches 28 are provided on the opposite side of the trough to hold the hopper in iixed relation thereto when desired. It will be observed that the partitions 13 which constitute the stalls wherein the separate animals are to be fed, extend to the bottom of the trough, and it will be noted that theeffect 'of this is that the. animals cannot see each Vother as they are feeding, and that, therefore, they will eat more quietly than where each one is hurrying to get his full share. It

will, also,.be noted that by extending the divisions to the bottom of the trough member when the animals are cleaning the last of the food from the trough, their pressure against the divisions will be less apt to break them than Where they are raised above the bottom of the vtrough and the animal can get his nose beneath the division. The division bar being hung in this manner is in reach of the animals nose, and if the feed does not discharge as fast as it is eaten out, the nosing Vof the animal in the stall swings the bar and releases the feed. 1t will further be observed that either form of bar may be used 4with either form of feeder, or the bar may be removed entirely, if desired.

It is obvious that many Aminor changes may be made in the form'and construction of the device without departing from the principles of the same, and it is not therefore desired to limit the same to the exact form herein shown and described, but to include all such as properly come within thel scope 4of the invention.

Vhat is claimed is In a stock feeder, a trough, a feed hopper disposed there-above and having a chute depending therefrom, cross pieces arranged within the hopper adjacent each end thereof, a rod engaged at its upper end through each of' the cross-pieces and rigid with respect thereto, the upper end of each rod being threaded, an adjusting nut engaged upon the said threaded end of each rod and hearing against the upper side of the corresponding cross-piece, the rods extending downwardly into the chute and terminating at their lower ends 1n eyes located in a plane with the lower end ol the chute7 and a division plate, sliaped in cross section, suspended from the lower ends of the rods, the head of the T being forrned with antielinal surfaces and being provided with eyes which engage with the eyes at the lower ends ol'l the rods and serve to support the division plate from the said lower ends of the rods lor l'ree swinging movement, the plate being located entirely beneath the discharge end ol the hopper, and the point el pivotal connection of the plate with the lower ends of the rods being located in a plane with the said end el the hopper.

ln testimony that i claiin the foregoing as iny own, l have hereto aliixed niy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CANBY A. /VlUGlill.

TWitnesses:

A. A. HoPKiNs, J. G. CorFMAN. 

